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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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